US Health Care Costs

Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Riverside

10800 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92505 · (951) 353-2000

General hospitalVoluntary non-profit - PrivateEmergency roomCMS rating ★★★★★

The money

$23what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$14.6Mnet income, all sources
−2.6%margin on patient care alone
$7.0Mcost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$1.6Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
225beds

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. Non-profit hospitals must have a financial assistance (charity care) policy; ask for it if a bill is hard to pay.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Sepsis, with major complications 87174$96,333$34,984
Sepsis 87221$57,083$13,826
Respiratory failure 18911$101,043$35,044
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. Every US hospital must publish them; search the hospital's website for "price transparency" or "standard charges".